by Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

by Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

For good or bad reasons, it's safe to say Manti Te'o is the most famous person on Notre Dame's campus.

So when Te'o was seen at Notre Dame's basketball game against Louisville on Saturday night, the obvious "fake" jabs began to flutter in on social media.

ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, calling the game in South Bend, Ind., alongside Dan Shulman, decided to add his two cents on the entire fake girlfriend hoax saga that completely dominated the sports world for two weeks and forced meathead sports fans to watch Dr. Phil and Katie Couric for the first time in their lives.

Vitale unsurprisingly defended the embattled Notre Dame star on the live ESPN broadcast:

"Tell you what, he went through an unbelievable scene there. A cruel hoax, I mean a cruel hoax on the young guy. I'm so happy to hear he wasn't part of the hoax. He made a few mistakes along the way but he's a young kid and you move on, you move on with your life. Down deep, everybody I talked to said he's really a good kid."

Te'o was shown on the ESPN broadcast near the 18-minute mark of the second half and looked to be pointing in the crowd. Since we could see Peyton Siva and other Louisville players coming out from running onto the court, we know it's not live footage.